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Tuesday, 20 January 2015

TSC SUSPENDS TEACHERS WHO DEFILED PUPILS

Homa Bay, Kenya: The Teachers
Service Commission ( TSC) has interdicted three teachers in Homa Bay County following
reports that they are notorious sex pests. This comes following revelations
three weeks ago that more than 200 pupils have been impregnated by teachers in
that county in the last three years. The latest casualty in the disciplinary
action is a primary school head teacher in Rachuonyo, who was accused by school
girls of flirting with them whenever he calls them to his office. His
interdiction was confirmed by Homa Bay TSC County Director Diosiana Ahinduha.
“He will receive his letter on Tuesday,” said Ms Ahinduha. The TSC Director
told The Standard on Saturday that pupils especially girls at Kombaka Primary
School had complained that the teacher allegedly touches them inappropriately.
“The pupils first reported to the teacher in charge of Guidance and Counselling,
then later to the Deputy Head teacher. When no action was taken, parents got to
know of the matter. This is when the community protested and the matter came to
my desk,” she said. A teacher from Wirabuor Primary School, in Rachuonyo, was
also interdicted after the TSC Director’s office confirmed that indeed he was
having an affair with a student from Mititi Girls Secondary School in the
region. The girl is a daughter of his colleague. The Form Four candidate has
been the teacher’s lover since she joined Form One. A teacher in Riari Primary
School in Ndhiwa is also under investigation for allegedly seducing girls and
inviting them to his house. On Thursday Civil Society Organisations led by
Elimu Yetu Coalition (EYC) held a peaceful demonstration in Homa Bay town to
condemn moral decay which now threatens girls' education in the county. EYC
National Coordinator Janet Muthoni-Ouko has challenged the teachers' unions
leadership to stop turning their back on the menace in Homa Bay, terming it a
big blow to the teaching profession.